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| Specification | Namer | Ratel IFV |
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| Type | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel[source] | South Africa[source] |
| In service | 2008–present[source] | — |
| Used by | Israel Defense Forces[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War |
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South African Border War Western Sahara War Operation Boleas African Union Mission to Somalia Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2014) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)[source] |
| Designer | Israel Military Industries[source] | Springfield Büssing[source] |
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| Manufacturer | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] | Sandock Austral Reumech OMC[source] |
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| Unit cost | $5 million[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2008–present[source] | 1976 – 1987[source] |
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| No. built | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] | 1,381[source] |
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| Armor | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] | — |
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| Main armament | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] | 7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial machine gun 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on rear ring mount 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on turret roof (Ratel-60/90) 3,600—6,000 stowed rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition[source] |
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| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] | 11.36 kW/t (0.00691 hp/lb)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | 9 infantrymen[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Helical spring[source] | — |
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| Designed | — | March 1972[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 0.34 m (1 ft 1 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 530 L (140 US gal)[source] |
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